Full face vs. open face

[skyflychris 0]

Being new to the sport I was pondering my upcoming helmet purchase. I have been jumping my DZ's open face helmet and like the wind on my face. But recently I have seen an experienced jumper with an open face helmet take a hard face landing and get knocked out. Does anyone with experience have any thoughts on open face vs. full face in regards to pros and cons or experience level ?

Ordinary's..... just not good enough today.

[nael 0]

This has been discussed many times on the forums, do a search and see what turns up.

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[skyflychris 0]

Sorry, I'm new and I had a question. I thought that 's what a forum was for.

Ordinary's..... just not good enough today.

[nael 0]

That's what the forum is for, but if we can save HH some bandwidth by doing a search first, that's even better!

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[kallend 2,140]

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Sorry, I'm new and I had a question. I thought that 's what a forum was for.

Looking to see what's already been discussed is what the "search" function is for.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[white_falcon 0]

Aww, c'mon guys. geesh, the guy asked a question, help him out.

As far as discussing things that already been discussed, this sounds much more interesting than, um, "What dog-food does your dog prefer" or other such drivel as I have seen on here.

Now, I personally dont mind those discussions either, as this forum is supposed to be a little entertaining as well as INFORMATIVE but if band width is the issue, well, lets just dont anyone post anything else, as I believe most everything has already been discussed.

Geesh, give a poor guy a break

Oh, and BTW, I WOULD answer the question, but as I am a relatively new jumper, my input as regards the question asked would be meaningless, but I did open this post expecting to see some MEANINGFUL and USEFUL information.

Thats my $.02, but maybe I shouldnt waste the band width, as I am sure this has all been posted before.

Scott (not the re-post police)

[skyflychris 0]

Thanks man, now I know about the search function and the bandwith police. I sure am glad my instructors weren't like that, and I know that when I gain some more experience I will help those who don't.

Ordinary's..... just not good enough today.

[kallend 2,140]

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Thanks man, now I know about the search function and the bandwith police. I sure am glad my instructors weren't like that, and I know that when I gain some more experience I will help those who don't.

You're glad your instructors didn't direct you to the wealth of resources available to you? Wierd.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[bch7773 0]

the truth is, nobody wants to spend the time and effort explaining something thats already been explained a dozen times.
especially when accessing that new information is easy and takes 10 seconds in a search.

heres a couple to get you started


http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=162816;search_string=full%20face%20open;#162816

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1575152;search_string=full%20face%20open;#1575152

MB 3528, RB 1182

[skyflychris 0]

Thanks and my apologies to all.

Ordinary's..... just not good enough today.

[RichardR 0]

You deserve an answer to your question. I used to use an open face helmet, but got elbowed in the nose once, which resulted it blood splattering all over my goggles. Now I use a full face unless I'm doing a two way, a hop-and-pop, or a solo.

If one lands hard enough to get knocked unconscious, I'm not sure that either type of helmet is better. The full-face might keep one from breaking their jaw, but who knows? Landing hard enough to worry about a head injury is a bad thing, and should be avoided.

Personnaly, I feel that the primary purpose of a helmet is to keep me conscious in free fall, so that I can pull, or execute emergency procedures. Secondary is to avoid a broken jaw, nose, or teath, which full face protection will help with.

Richard Rothery

[nael 0]

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Thanks man, now I know about the search function and the bandwith police. I sure am glad my instructors weren't like that, and I know that when I gain some more experience I will help those who don't.

Oh give me a break. We weren't rude about it, we simply pointed you in the right direction to get the answers you wanted. Like someone else said - the truth is, people dont want to answer something that has been asked and answered a million times on the forums before because we are too lazy to type it out again (I remember a thread about this just last week).

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